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Black Friday: Complete $3.99 instead of $4.49, Prime $6.99 instead of $7.49 per month – until 9 December
Complete $3.99/month ($107.73 for 27 months), Prime $6.99/month ($188.73); Basic unchanged at $3.49
valid until 9 December 2026
NordVPN has been running its Black Friday promotion since 21 October, and its promotion page still gives 9 December 2026 as the end date. On the 2-year plan with three extra months, Complete costs $3.99 instead of $4.49 per month ($107.73 for 27 months) and Prime $6.99 instead of $7.49 ($188.73). The Basic plan stays at $3.49 ($94.23) – the promotion changes nothing there. The 1-year plans with three free months cost $4.99 / $5.99 / $8.99 per month ($74.85 / $89.85 / $134.85 for 15 months). Nothing has changed compared with last week. All the details and the comparison with 2025 are in our Black Friday analysis (→ NordVPN Black Friday 2026: what the promotion really gets you).
Worth it if you want Complete (with password manager and cloud storage) or Prime – you save around $13.50 over the 27 months either way. If you only need the VPN, Basic costs the same as before the promotion. Going by past years, waiting for Black Friday itself gains you nothing at NordVPN: the price applies until 9 December. After the 27 months, NordVPN renews at the regular price from $139.08 per year.
“Black Friday deal”: Starter and One $2.49, One+ $3.99 per month – no end date
Starter and One $2.49/month ($67.23 for 27 months), One+ $3.99/month ($107.73)
On the pricing page, the 2-year plans still carry the label “Black Friday deal” and three extra months: Starter and One cost $2.49 per month ($67.23 for 27 months), One+ $3.99 ($107.73). Surfshark states the discount as 87, 88 and 83 per cent against crossed-out total prices of $511.65 / $538.65 / $616.95 – that is the usual calculation against the monthly rate, not against the price before the promotion (at our check on 22 October, One cost $2.79 and One+ $4.49). Surfshark does not name an end date this week either. Its coupon page lists the codes SHARKGIFT and SHARKSECURE, but the pricing page shows the same amounts without any code. For context, see our Surfshark analysis (→ Surfshark review 2026: cheap, but is it good?).
If you are torn between Starter and One, take One – same price, more features (antivirus, data-breach alerts). Bear in mind the security incident of September 2026 (an internal test server; according to Surfshark, no user data was affected); the independent audit that was announced has not published any results to date.
Source: surfshark.com/pricing
25% off the first year for new customers: Individual $2.99, Families $4.49 per month
Individual $2.99/month ($35.88 in the first year), Families $4.49/month ($53.88); then $3.99 and $5.99 respectively
Signing up directly at 1password.com, new customers still pay $2.99 instead of $3.99 per month for Individual and $4.49 instead of $5.99 for Families (up to five people) in the first year, billed annually in both cases. According to the promotion terms, the price applies only to subscriptions taken out via the website, not through the App Store or Google Play. No end date is given on the page, and 1Password is not announcing a Black Friday promotion. 1Password has been more expensive since March 2026 (Individual $47.88 instead of $35.88 per year); the discount roughly offsets the increase in the first year.
Good for families who want 1Password anyway – family sharing and Travel Mode are its strengths. If you are looking for a cheap or free manager, compare Bitwarden (below) and our password-manager comparison first.
Source: 1password.com/personal-pricing
Code gladyoufoundthis: one free month on the 2-year Premium plan
NordPass's coupon page still lists the code gladyoufoundthis: if you buy the 2-year Premium plan, you get one additional month free. NordPass does not state an expiry date. Students get 10% off the same plan with STUDENT10. nordpass.com shows the prices themselves only in the browser (according to the provider's FAQ, “from €1.23 per month”); the Black Friday page was not accessible on 6 November either. More about the provider: our NordPass profile (→ Provider profile: how trustworthy is NordPass?).
One free month on 24 months is around 4% – nice, but no reason to hurry. Entering the code at checkout costs you nothing; what matters more is whether you need a password manager with a data-breach scanner and email masks at all. The business code NPFALL26 (10%) expired on 31 October 2026.
Source: nordpass.com/coupon
Free with no device limit – Premium for $1.65 per month
Free $0; Premium $1.65/month ($19.80/year); Families $3.99/month ($47.88/year)
Bitwarden Free stores unlimited passwords and passkeys on an unlimited number of devices (“Unlimited devices”) and keeps them in sync – something most competitors charge for. Premium costs $1.65 per month, billed annually at $19.80, and adds data-breach reports, 1 GB of attachments and one-time codes in the vault. Families for six people costs $3.99 per month ($47.88 per year). Both prices have applied since the increase in January 2026 and are not promotional prices.
The best free password manager in our comparison, and the cheapest paid one too. Downside: the interface and design are plainer than 1Password's or NordPass's. No affiliate link – we earn nothing from it.
Source: bitwarden.com/pricing
Free: no data limit, no ads, one device
$0 (VPN Plus 24 months $3.49/month, $83.76; then $83.88/year)
Proton VPN still advertises its free plan with “no data limit, no ads and no logs” and promises that it will stay free. Restrictions: one device at a time, no free choice of location and no streaming. The kill switch is included in the Free plan too. The paid VPN Plus plan costs $3.49 per month on the 2-year plan ($83.76 for 24 months, then $83.88 per year); Proton has not switched on a Black Friday promotion. When a paid VPN is worth it is covered in our guide (→ Do you really need a VPN in 2026? The honest guide).
For public Wi-Fi when travelling, Free is perfectly sufficient. If you want to choose server locations or protect several devices, compare the Black Friday prices of NordVPN and Surfshark above – without a promotion, VPN Plus is currently more expensive than both.
Codes HERMESINVEST and MYESIMNOW5: 5% off all travel eSIMs – Black Friday 2026 not yet started
Our code HERMESINVEST gives 5% off all Holafly eSIMs (last checked at checkout on 16 July 2026). On its code page, Holafly itself lists the permanent code MYESIMNOW5, also 5% off for all destinations including the Unlimited plans, as well as MONTHLYPLAN10 with 10% off the monthly plans for long-term travellers. Only one code can be used per purchase. Holafly's Black Friday page still shows the ended 2025 promotion (“3 for 2” with the code BLACKFRIDAY, 24 November to 2 December 2025) – nothing has been announced for 2026. Prices and refund rules: our Holafly review (→ Holafly review 2026: prices, limits & honest verdict).
5% is 5% – outside of promotions, Holafly does not offer more. If you are not travelling until late November or December and don't need the eSIM straight away, you can hope for a repeat of the 3-for-2 promotion, but there is no evidence of one. For light data users, GB packages from Airalo or Saily are usually cheaper than Holafly's Unlimited days.
Source: esim.holafly.com – page “Holafly eSIM discount code”
Black Friday has started: Lifetime 2 TB for $379 instead of $499
Lifetime $159 (500 GB), $379 (2 TB), $1,099 (10 TB); 3-in-1 bundle with 3 TB, encryption and password manager $579
Update of 9 November 2026: pCloud has switched on its Black Friday 2026 deal. The pricing page carries a «Black Friday» badge on the «Lifetime» tab and shows (US dollar view): 500 GB for $159 instead of $279, 2 TB for $379 instead of $709, 10 TB for $1,099 instead of $2,799 – all without encryption or the password manager. Marked as «Best Deal» is the lifetime 3-in-1 bundle for $579 instead of $1,517: 3 TB of storage, pCloud Encryption and pCloud Pass Premium. Compared with our check on 6 November, the Lifetime prices are therefore down by $60 (500 GB), $120 (2 TB) and $400 (10 TB); the subscriptions are unchanged at $4.99 / $9.99 / $29.99 per month. pCloud gives no end date on the pricing page; in 2025 the deal ran until 30 November. Our pCloud review (→ pCloud review 2026: is the lifetime cloud storage worth it?) explains what «lifetime» means and whether the one-off purchase beats the subscription.
This is the moment we told you to wait for last week: 2 TB Lifetime for $379 is around 24% below the price of 6 November. If you want encryption and the password manager too, the 3-in-1 bundle at $579 beats buying them separately. Go by the final price in the basket (in euros for Europe), not by the percentage.
Source: pcloud.com – pricing page (Lifetime tab, «Black Friday» badge)
18% cheaper with annual billing – Black Friday promotion in preparation, not yet active
Starter $19/month for 1,000 contacts (monthly billing), $15.58 with annual billing (−18%)
GetResponse charges 18% less with annual billing than with monthly billing: Starter for 1,000 contacts then costs $15.58 instead of $19 per month, Marketer $48.38 instead of $59, Creator $56.58 instead of $69. No seasonal promotion is active on the pricing page. However, the page's source code contains a prepared text block that is still switched off: “black friday · limited offer – Save up to 40 % – Offer ends Dec 3” – whether and when it will become visible, and which plans the discount applies to, is not stated on the page. Be careful with the annual contract: under its own rules, GetResponse does not issue refunds. All pricing tiers and the limitations of the free plan: our GetResponse profile (→ Provider profile: how trustworthy is GetResponse?).
If you want GetResponse anyway, you are better off waiting until the end of November before taking out the annual contract – a promotion with up to 40% off has evidently been prepared, but it is not guaranteed. Because of the lack of refunds, it only makes sense if you have already tried the tool. If you send rarely or want to pay in Swiss francs, have a look at Brevo.
Source: getresponse.com/pricing
Free plan: 300 emails per day – Starter $9 / €7 per month
Free 0; Starter $9 / €7 per month; Standard $18 / €15 per month (5,000 emails each)
Brevo's free plan allows 300 emails per day and includes transactional emails, but every email carries the Brevo logo; automations run for up to 2,000 contacts, and according to our check on 31 October it stores up to 100,000 contacts. Starter costs $9 or €7 per month, Standard $18 or €15 – each for 5,000 emails per month; larger volumes cost more. On 31 October, Brevo showed CHF 7 and CHF 15 respectively in Switzerland; the franc prices could not be checked today. No Black Friday promotion is active. Brevo is the only one of the three big tools in our email-marketing comparison (currently in German) that lists prices in Swiss francs.
The best choice for clubs, small shops and anyone who sends less often than daily. No affiliate link. Weaknesses: live chat has been dropped, and additional users cost extra.
Source: brevo.com/pricing
What has changed since issue 44
Among the ten offers included: nothing. All prices, codes and labels match our check on 31 October; the only new evidence concerns secondary details (NordVPN's total prices for the 1-year plans, Surfshark's crossed-out comparison prices, Proton's renewal price).
Outside the list: CyberGhost now sells its 2-year plan with four instead of two extra months (28 months for $61.32, previously 26 months for $56.94) – the monthly price stays at $2.19, and renewal now costs $61.32 per year. Saily has switched its Black Friday page to 2026. GetResponse has prepared a promotion with up to 40% off but has not switched it on. Details below.
What we checked but did not include
Parallels Desktop: no Black Friday promotion has been published for 2026 (as of 6 November 2026; the blog was last updated on 26 October). In previous years there was 25% off (2023, 2024) and 50% off the first year (2025, from 20 November). The regular prices are in our Parallels Desktop review (→ Parallels Desktop 27 review: Windows on the Mac – what it can do and what it can't); as soon as the promotion is live, we will update our Parallels Black Friday page (currently in German).
Saily: its Black Friday page is now titled “Saily eSIM Black Friday deal – 2026” and promises “Save 5% on eSIMs” with a discount code – but the code is hidden behind the “Get The Code” button, there is no end date, and the questions on the page still give the 2025 dates. Without a visible code and period, we are not including the offer. Airalo: its Black Friday page still shows the 2024 promotion (15%, maximum $7) – expired.
ExpressVPN ($2.99 per month for 28 months, $83.72, then $99.95 per year) shows the same prices as at our check on 12 October; a Black Friday label exists only as an empty text block in the source code. CyberGhost calls its offer “Early Access Deal: Save up to 83 %” and has extended the term to 28 months: $2.19 per month, $61.32 upfront, then $61.32 per year; the source code gives CHF 2.11 per month for Switzerland. There is no end date – these are permanent prices with changing labels, not promotions. Both are covered in our VPN guide (→ Do you really need a VPN in 2026? The honest guide).
NordPass Black Friday: the page nordpass.com/black-friday was not accessible on 6 November either; its meta description mentions three extra months on 2-year plans. Without readable prices and an end date, it stays out.
Semrush ($139 / $199 / $299 per month, seven-day free trial) and Adobe Creative Cloud show no promotion. Adobe's Swiss offers page carries a “Black Friday” time window from 13 November to 7 December 2026 in its source code – what it will contain, we will only know once it is visible. Brevo's Black Friday switch is also still off.
How we check the offers
We retrieved every offer directly from the provider's website on the check date – pricing page, coupon page or official blog. We do not take over coupon portals, influencer codes or third-party “exclusive” discounts, because they cannot be verified. We only name codes that the provider itself publishes or that we have tested at checkout. Promotions that have been prepared but not yet switched on are mentioned as an outlook – with a clear note that they are not active.
Prices are in US dollars excluding tax, as the providers display them to us. In Switzerland, the UK or the EU, the amount in francs, pounds or euros may differ, and with most VPN providers the low price applies only to the first term – renewal costs considerably more. Where we know the renewal price, it is stated.
Some links are affiliate links: if you buy through them, we receive a commission and you pay no more. Bitwarden and Brevo are not partners and are listed here anyway, because for many readers they are the best choice. How we work is explained on our page “How we test” (→ How we work).
FAQ
When are the Deals of the Week published?
Every Friday or Saturday we re-check all the offers and publish a new issue. Older issues remain accessible with their check date so that you can compare prices – the latest issue is always the one that counts.
Is it worth waiting for Black Friday on 27 November?
Not for NordVPN and Surfshark: both have had their Black Friday prices live since October, NordVPN until 9 December. For pCloud, no longer necessary: the Black Friday 2026 deal has been live since our update of 9 November (2 TB Lifetime $379). For GetResponse, a promotion has been prepared but is not active. For Holafly, Parallels and Airalo, nothing has been published for 2026 yet.
Do the prices also apply in Switzerland or the EU?
The providers show us US dollars excluding tax. In Switzerland, NordVPN and Surfshark bill in francs or euros depending on your settings, Brevo lists franc prices directly, pCloud bills in euros for Europe, and CyberGhost shows a franc price in its source code. The actual amount only appears at checkout – check it before you buy.
Why is an offer I saw elsewhere missing?
We only include what we saw ourselves on the provider's website on the check date. Codes from coupon portals, expired promotions, codes hidden behind buttons and offers without a period or price are left out – even if they came from partners.
Does DealsScout earn money from these offers?
From NordVPN, NordPass, Holafly, GetResponse and Parallels, yes – via affiliate links, at no extra cost to you. Surfshark, 1Password, Proton VPN, pCloud, Bitwarden and Brevo are linked without commission. The order and the verdicts are based on what is useful for you, not on the commission.
Sources
- NordVPN – pricing page – accessed on 6 November 2026
- NordVPN – Black Friday 2026 – accessed on 6 November 2026
- Surfshark – pricing page – accessed on 6 November 2026
- Surfshark – coupon page – accessed on 6 November 2026
- 1Password – personal pricing – accessed on 6 November 2026
- NordPass – coupon page – accessed on 6 November 2026
- NordPass – student discount – accessed on 6 November 2026
- Bitwarden – pricing – accessed on 6 November 2026
- Proton VPN – Free VPN – accessed on 6 November 2026
- Proton VPN – pricing page – accessed on 6 November 2026
- Holafly – discount codes – accessed on 6 November 2026
- Holafly – Black Friday page (still shows 2025) – accessed on 6 November 2026
- pCloud – pricing page – accessed on 9 November 2026
- pCloud – blog “Our Black Friday Deal is Coming” – accessed on 6 November 2026
- GetResponse – pricing page – accessed on 6 November 2026
- Brevo – pricing page – accessed on 6 November 2026
- Parallels – blog – accessed on 6 November 2026
- Saily – Black Friday page 2026 – accessed on 6 November 2026
- Airalo – Black Friday campaign (still shows 2024) – accessed on 6 November 2026
- ExpressVPN – order page – accessed on 6 November 2026
- CyberGhost – purchase page – accessed on 6 November 2026
- Semrush – pricing page – accessed on 6 November 2026
- Adobe – special offers Switzerland – accessed on 6 November 2026
Ali Cetinkaya is a business IT specialist with more than 15 years of experience in IT and online marketing. For DealsScout he evaluates plans, tools and deals – honestly, transparently and without jargon.